IN OTHER WORDS Pakistan’s PM came to the White House and pretended that the Pakistanis highly value their country’s current close military relationship with the US. President Bush reciprocated by pretending that the American air strikes that killed 18 Pakistani... 29 Jan, 2006
Another Afghan poll contestant gunned down Kabul, September 16:Attacks by militants killed a legislative candidate and four others and wounded two American troops, while a purported Taliban spokesman today threatened more violence and urged Afghans not to take part in weekend polls for a new... Women 16 Sep, 2005
American troops in India for jungle warfare training GuWAhati: Forty American soldiers on Wednesday moved into the forests of India’s remote northeast to learn from Indian soldiers experienced in countering guerrilla warfare, officials said. US Embassy spokesman David Kennedy said the training would... Women 14 Sep, 2005
IN OTHER WORDS: Loss of faith President Bush said the wrong thing in his speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Utah this week. In an address that repeatedly invoked Sept. 11 he offered a new reason for staying the course: to keep faith with the men and women who have already... 25 Aug, 2005
Afghan forces find bodies of 76 more rebels Associated PressMiana Shien, June 25:Afghan forces scouring mountains in southern Afghanistan after some of the deadliest fightingsince the fall of Taliban in 2001 have found the bodies of another 76 rebels, the Defence Ministry said today. The new... Women 25 Jun, 2005
SNIPPETS Quake in IndonesiaJAKARTA: An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale shook Sulawesi island on Monday. “There were no reports of casualties or property damage,” a meteorologist said. — AFPFour US soldiers hurt KANDAHAR: An explosion near a... Women 13 Jun, 2005
Iraq peace at least five years away Richard Norton-Taylor and Michael Howard It could take at least five years before Iraqi forces are strong enough to impose law and order on the country, the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) warned on May 24. The thinktank’s report... 25 May, 2005
SNIPPETS 23 Afghan ultras killedKABUL: US Marines tracked down a band of insurgents in eastern Afghanistan and sparked a battle that left about 23 rebels and two American troops dead, the US military said on Monday. — APIndia, Pak talk on damLAHORE: Officials... Women 09 May, 2005
IN OTHER WORDS : Haiti mess Fourteen months ago, armed rebels overthrew the elected Haitian government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Since then, neither an interim government nor a force of 7,500 UN peacekeeping soldiers has been able to create stability needed for economic growth.... 25 Apr, 2005
SNIPPETS Pak rejects US charge: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday strongly rejected a US military claim that its forces were helping American troops in Afghanistan aim artillery fire at rebels on the Pakistani side of the border. “Not at all, it is baseless,... Women 02 Feb, 2005
SNIPPETS Tsunami victim rapedCOLOMBO : A teenager left orphaned and homeless when tsunamis swept over Sri Lanka faced another agony in the hours that followed - she was gang raped, a top official says, and reports of other abuse have triggered an investigation... Women 03 Jan, 2005
IN OTHER WORDS : NATO summit NATO cannot afford the luxury of a purely ceremonial summit meeting in Istanbul on Monday. Its most important current operation — leading the international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan — is in serious trouble, short of troops and unable to... 29 Jun, 2004
